Tag: Brandeis University
How “Medical Aid in Dying” Became the Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide
When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane.
Naturalism and Self-Refutation
How much does Gödel’s incompleteness theorem weigh? What is the physics of non-contradiction? How many millimeters long is Tom Clark’s argument for naturalism?
Hat Grab: Cells Take Extreme Measures to Rescue Their DNA
There’s a famous scene in an Indiana Jones movie where the hero barely makes it under a closing gate descending on him in an underground tunnel.